January 7th, 2019

In 2018, humanitarian reports were defined by violations against children. Described by UNICEF as the moral crisis of our age, children in conflict areas were used as human shields, soldiers on frontlines and suicide bombers while atrocities and extreme expressions of violence continued with ‘near-total’ impunity in several countries around the world....

November 27th, 2018

The world’s youngest and most fragile state has suffered under legacies of hunger and violence. With a death toll to rival conflicts in Syria or Iraq, the fastest-growing refugee emergency, and political and ethnic divides that continue to tear the nation apart, five years of war in South Sudan have also carried famine and the outbreak of disease....

October 16th, 2018

The U.N recently published a report that called for top Burmese military commanders to be investigated for crimes against civilians under international law, including rape, murder, torture, and genocide....

August 20th, 2018

On 31st March 2005, the UN Security Council referred the conflict in Sudan to the ICC Prosecutor. By now, 2 warrants of arrest have been issued against President Al-Bashir, listing ten counts of charges including 5 counts of crimes against humanity and 3 counts of genocide....

August 8th, 2018

As the complicated and controversial conflict in Syria reaches new heights of intensity, the ravaged city of Idlib seems to be the next target for the Syrian army as it takes back control of its territories....